Comments on: TurnItIn and copyright infringement http://jasongriffey.net/wp/2006/09/24/turnitin-and-copyright-infringement/ Mon, 14 May 2012 13:18:49 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Daniel Gerard http://jasongriffey.net/wp/2006/09/24/turnitin-and-copyright-infringement/#comment-1065 Daniel Gerard Mon, 07 May 2007 15:50:19 +0000 http://www.jasongriffey.net/wp/2006/09/24/turnitin-and-copyright-infringement/#comment-1065 Sadly although I disagree with what turnitin.com does I believe that any lawsuit on the above mentioned terms would be easy shot down. A friend of mine and I looked into doing just that. (Turnitin.com said I plagiarized from myself). Under the investigation we found something even rouse than the above mentioned problems. Turnitin.com takes the intellectual property rights on your paper as there own. It is in the small print that you agree to when you create an account. This is a perfect defense legally form the type of law suit you are talking about. The paper after it is turned in is there’s to do with as they pls. Sadly although I disagree with what turnitin.com does I believe that any lawsuit on the above mentioned terms would be easy shot down. A friend of mine and I looked into doing just that. (Turnitin.com said I plagiarized from myself). Under the investigation we found something even rouse than the above mentioned problems. Turnitin.com takes the intellectual property rights on your paper as there own. It is in the small print that you agree to when you create an account. This is a perfect defense legally form the type of law suit you are talking about. The paper after it is turned in is there’s to do with as they pls.

]]> By: Dan http://jasongriffey.net/wp/2006/09/24/turnitin-and-copyright-infringement/#comment-1064 Dan Thu, 19 Oct 2006 10:44:43 +0000 http://www.jasongriffey.net/wp/2006/09/24/turnitin-and-copyright-infringement/#comment-1064 Absolutely eye-opening article with tons of proof. I had no idea how much Turnitin violates students' rights. <a href="http://www.essayfraud.org/turnitin_john_barrie.html" rel="nofollow">The Well-Known Secret about Turnitin.com</a> Absolutely eye-opening article with tons of proof. I had no idea how much Turnitin violates students’ rights.

The Well-Known Secret about Turnitin.com

]]> By: Jason Griffey http://jasongriffey.net/wp/2006/09/24/turnitin-and-copyright-infringement/#comment-1063 Jason Griffey Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:13:11 +0000 http://www.jasongriffey.net/wp/2006/09/24/turnitin-and-copyright-infringement/#comment-1063 Students cheat, yes...and people break the law. Would you agree to a GPS being implanted in your car to alert the police when you were speeding? The onus of identifying academic ethics violations of ALL sorts is in the hands of the faculty and staff of the university in question...and, IMNSHO, should stay there. TiI is a tool, but it is a tool that unjustifiably puts the IP of the student into the hands of a for-profit company. There are other tools available that do not do this. I would still have a problem with some of them for the reason that you pull-quoted above... It's up to us to notice that a student isn't performing at his/her level, investigate why, and determine what's happening...whether that level is too high OR too low. If a student is performing at a level that is too high (that you believe is too high) then by all means: investigate! But the sort of "check everyone" mentality is far too oppressive for me. Students cheat, yes…and people break the law. Would you agree to a GPS being implanted in your car to alert the police when you were speeding?

The onus of identifying academic ethics violations of ALL sorts is in the hands of the faculty and staff of the university in question…and, IMNSHO, should stay there. TiI is a tool, but it is a tool that unjustifiably puts the IP of the student into the hands of a for-profit company. There are other tools available that do not do this. I would still have a problem with some of them for the reason that you pull-quoted above…

It’s up to us to notice that a student isn’t performing at his/her level, investigate why, and determine what’s happening…whether that level is too high OR too low. If a student is performing at a level that is too high (that you believe is too high) then by all means: investigate! But the sort of “check everyone” mentality is far too oppressive for me.

]]> By: jackson http://jasongriffey.net/wp/2006/09/24/turnitin-and-copyright-infringement/#comment-1062 jackson Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:05:04 +0000 http://www.jasongriffey.net/wp/2006/09/24/turnitin-and-copyright-infringement/#comment-1062 At the same time, TiI automates a rather tiresome and exhaustive process. We can make all sorts of statements like "trading trust and honestly for guilty until proven innocent" but the fact is that students cheat. If we presume innocence until an accusation of cheating is made -- who will make that accusation? Other students? No. The faculty/graduates students/instructors/etc who are grading papers are given the burden of identifying cheating -- a task that is decidedly non-trivial. I'm not saying I love TiI, but there tool is valuable. At the same time, TiI automates a rather tiresome and exhaustive process. We can make all sorts of statements like “trading trust and honestly for guilty until proven innocent” but the fact is that students cheat. If we presume innocence until an accusation of cheating is made — who will make that accusation? Other students? No. The faculty/graduates students/instructors/etc who are grading papers are given the burden of identifying cheating — a task that is decidedly non-trivial. I’m not saying I love TiI, but there tool is valuable.

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